AIDS month inspires
impressive art show
Bv Julie* Dec ker
I nc ore ( ontrilmtor
It i .m be said lb,it iii) group Is
more aware ol the deadh pirn
ei of \II)S .mil no group is
working harder to iieutr.ilize it
than tile arts i ommiiuitv
where AIDS lias taken all espe
i i,ill\ painful loll
I'll is month the loc al ails
i imiiininitv. as part ol " Faking
AIM" AIDS Information
Month in Oregon lias i mated
an art exhibition litre I ie.ated to
the subject ol AIDS which can
be \ lew eil throughout the
month ol human in the KMt
< .alien
The ' Art \ AIDS exhibition
combats the ignorance and apa
thv surrounding human imnni
nodefii ienc \ \ ii us (the v inis
th.it i a uses All )S|
Will White co-director ot the
KMt (iallen said he wanted to
do an exhibit with main (litter
ent responses to the AIDS iri
sis " "hei ause as a member ol
the com ii i u u it \ hardest lot In
AIDS I have M'cn first hand
huv\ hard it ti.is hit
\\ hill', who alsu is one ol the
three students i hairing the
faking AIM projei l said
"We hupe In show flow ue i an
all work together to overcome
the . ignorant e propagated b\
misiidorm.it ion
It is nei essarv to teat h out
to groups who ((insider them
selves at little or no iisk and to
challenge their ideas about this
disease and who it ma\ strike.
White said
Karen Hub!) also co-director
of the I All (.al ler\ and I ak
nit; AIM" projei t i in hairwoni
an. began working on the art
exhibition after the idea was
suggested h\ White Hulib
looked for artists u ho she knew
worked m the coinniunitv on
| >o 111 k . 11 issues to part it ipate in
the projei t
After three different meetings
this summei w 111■ \ minus art
isls m an ellort to real h a con
senses on priniarv issues. Until)
was left with the artists who
were most interested
< oiirtr*\ v i i|ihi(
llill lr/n\ uixiihut s( .i/icvim/ llir hf.il/iiriit til \ll) S ii.ihrntv i\ <imc ,>l m.un
|iimrrh/l ,/rlislii flirt «•* on i/isji/.n f/ns nui/ilh in llir IMl if./llrrirs
Two nl these .irtists .ire I’.mi
( iitii'ii and |(ilm (larling
house, who heard ahout the
\rt IV Ml IS pro|ei I about
nine months ago and dei iiled
to i idlahorate on a large instal
latum loi the exhibit
( ailien and t iurliiighnu.se said
the\ had some personal reasons
tin wanting to partli ipate and
support the i aitse of lighting
AIDS
(larltnghouse said the work
"is dedicated in our own wax
to people who have I nine out
reientK in who have ianile to
realize that tin \ have tomntnn
interest with the gav i ominuni
l\
I he work is entitled / ilr o/
(hiisl (inhen said "Notarise
AIIIS is a haul lopii ue wanted
to represent positive tones ol
people i oming together to i om
iiat the teal
(airlinghnu.se said tliev i hose
the theme ot ( hrist hei arise
"conservative (Ihrislinn.s .mil
lhr 11i;hl wing havr really nirnr
out lu s.i\ \ 11) S Is (lull's I lit St‘
on sinners He wanted to
l.ike (Ihristi.in images .mil
turn lliem around take their
energv .mil semi it in other ill
rei turns
( loin’ll s.ilil the large ( loss III
the Work, is ,i representalloll ol
the language III six let\ .mil
how language is used against
people who .ire not living in
the slereotypit .il l.imih Ide
promoted In soi iet\
I'lle purpose ol the i ross
w ith its l.uue si ,de dii lion.uv
entries is to point out lh.it
those w olds i .ill k ill people
\\ hen I see them there I lies
seemed so negative so hate
lid ('olien said
' People are i I m it led In tall
gunge (..irlinghouse said
People with MIPS are i ruei
fled In people m the media in
erv das
(.'nhen .md (..ii bughouse feel
tilt'll Wink In .1 |iiin|Ii\i' s t. 111'
mi ni .ibmil people banding In
gether. lul ling low .ml imi Ii
llllll'l .111(1 I .1111114
( olll'll Stressed tile 11111II11
t.ilii c ill mnk mg | n •• i| i Ii - ,m me
iil i nmii'i ling in .i \ er\ liu
in.in w ,i\ Inu .ml i'.ii Ii ntlii i In
tiinl ncu wavs In gel through
iht'. problem
(l.irlinghotise ..ml Mils has
li.nl .in t * 111 •( I on the cut ire gay
i 111n111u1111\ 111 lh.it it lias
hronghl penptc mil to light side
In side \ll IS h.isn i ie.ill\
been the v elm le ol h.lte lb.lt
smile t nnserialives ihoughl II
In be he said
Ilovvevei, the .nlisls don't
want In pel pel miti the until
lli.il \II)S is ,i gay disease
(i.irliiiglimise s.ml lli.it is one ol
the top llnee illisi iiiii epl inns
.ihiillt \IIIS
loro to Art, I’age II
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